We flew back from Vienna Airport Terminal 1 to London Heathrow Terminal 3 and reviewed their “Vienna Lounge” which we accessed for free using our Priority Pass. This lounge visit fell at the end of our trip around Vienna. During our stay we visited and reviewed the Rosewood Vienna, the Park Hyatt Vienna, the Ritz-Carlton Vienna, and Hotel Imperial Vienna.
Passengers can access the Vienna Lounge at Vienna Airport with a Priority Pass, which is how we got access, so whether you’re flying British Airways, RyanAir, Wizz Air, or one of the other airlines that fly out of Terminal 1, you can access this lounge with your Priority Pass and I would highly reccomend it. This is one of the best Priority Pass lounges I have visited.
Location
The “Vienna Lounge” can be found just past the meandering duty-free area that you are forced to wind through before getting to the central atrium with all the gate labels. Of note, this lounge is before passport control, so leave some time to get to your D gate if you are heading back to the UK, as there is usually quite a queue at passport control.
The Vienna airport lounge is reached by climbing a staircase or taking the lift up one floor. You are met with a curved check-in desk where you present your priority pass and turn to your right to enter the lounge.
Style & Character
The Vienna Lounge is huge and airy, with windows down one side. We managed to snag one of the sofa seats by the window, which had a nice view over the planes. There were plenty of Lauda Air, Ryanair, Wizz Air, and many other planes to watch. In the distance, you can also see planes taking off.
When we arrived, there were plenty of sofa seats by the window, grouped in fours, with little tables between them to place your food and drink. There were stylish light installations above this area, which helped to give the lounge a “no expense spared” feel.
Within the lounge, there were also extensive toilet facilities including a large disabled toilet for wheelchairs with baby changing facilities.
Food & Drink
There was a vast array of food to pick at in this lounge. The coffee bar area had numerous coffee machines and fridges containing chocolate cake, lemon cake, cheese curd strudel, and apple strudel.
You could actually sit in the coffee bar area, which was separate from the other seating areas. This area was far away from the windows and had serve-yourself coffee machines and see-through shelving units full of cake. This was a good position to place yourself if you like chocolate cake, as the chocolate cake seemed to disappear the fastest, so you often had to wait until the units were refilled to get hold of some of this particular cake.
Since the lounge is at Vienna Airport, you may want to try the cheese curd or apple strudel. There was plenty of strudel to go around as there were two trays of strudel for one tray of chocolate cake, so the strudel didn’t run out.
The main dining area had many salad options, including tomatoes, lettuce, macaroni mixed salad, and hot mixed vegetables.
There was also a long buffet bar full of meats and hams laid out under glass covers for you to help yourself to.
The hot dishes included what seemed to be a cheese schnitzel, meatballs, and a chicken rice dish.
I tried the chicken rice dish, which was very pleasant. Although the chicken was a little overdone and chewy, it wasn’t bad for an airport lounge.
There was sparkling and still water and soft drinks from a soda stream unit for drinks. There were glass juice bottles and a large stand with wines and hard liquor.
In fact, there was a huge wine stand in the center of the room with all sorts of wine and juice options. I didn’t take much time to look over it, but it looked like a good selection.
Conclusion
The most notable thing about this lounge was how spacious and airy it was. There was so much seating that I imagine it’s always fairly easy to find a decent seat without being on top of other passengers.
What was also noteworthy was how much freshly cooked food was on offer, which is unusual for Priority Pass lounges. You must try the cakes in particular.
Once you leave the lounge, the British Airways D gate is only a short walk away, but it is worth leaving extra time for passport control.
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